NCAA Tells Braves to Find a New Name: Bradley must change its nickname after the NCAA decided that the nickname “Braves” fosters hostile and abusive attitudes toward American Indians. In its recent sensitivity movement toward American Indians, the NCAA listed 18 schools that use nicknames or logos that are not politically correct. Several schools successfully appealed the measure, but Bradley will not be one of them. The school could appeal the recent decision to the NCAA’ Executive Committee. Bradley officials pointed out that eight schools use the nickname Warriors even though they originally included American Indian images in their logos. Bradley dropped all such imagery more than a decade ago. If Warriors is OK, why not Braves, too?
[10/20/05]